Plattsburgh’s own Last Pages released their debut album, Another Good One Gone on May 1. Clocking in at 28 minutes, the seven track LP follows the release of their 2024 EP Monuments. Two of these tracks, “Monuments” and “Graveside Service”, were re-released for the LP.
Another Good One Gone was produced in Utica at Big Blue North Recording Studio by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, known for his work with Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, and Steve Earle, among others. The record was mastered by Richard Dodd, who has worked alongside rock icons Wilco, Green Day, and Tom Petty.
Formed in the summer of 2023, Last Pages consists of Larry Dolan (guitar/vocals), Gordy Sheer (drums), Will Harp (lead guitar) and Trevor Cole (bass/vocals). The band’s origin dates back to the late 90s – Larry and Gordy first met in 1998 when they were teammates on the Olympic Luge Team in Nagano. Larry and Trevor spent a decade as bandmates in post-rock outfit Resonator. Will, an Iraq War veteran, formed the band Dos En Uno with Larry and Gordy in 2019, which would morph into Last Pages once Trevor joined on bass.
Last Pages is undeniably a rock band with key elements of grunge and punk at its core. With them, they carry this raw, energetic, punk aura. Another Good One Gone is complete with songs reminiscent of early Nirvana, Green Day, and Stone Temple Pilots. Their lyrics can be compared to the anti-authoritarian songwriting of Rage Against the Machine. Their musicality and cohesiveness as a group provides a strong foundation for this “lyrical call to action.”
Tracks like “The Key or the Door” dive head-first into this heavy political commentary on the world as it is today. Dolan sings “the truth is on trial” and “no need to pick a side, either way we both lose.” Death, greed, truth and personal freedoms are among other polarizing topics discussed throughout Another Good One Gone. In “The Visitor”, the band pleads, “please open your door, so I’m a visitor no more.” Whether you view this through a political lense, or that of personal growth is up to the listener’s interpretation, but both ring true. Heavy guitar riffs and dissonant progressions complement an almost doomer-like political discourse on the current state of affairs in a seemingly effortless way. Last Pages have carved a unique space for themselves in the alternative rock world, and they are just getting started.
Another Good One Gone is currently available on all streaming services here.
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